Four numbers that put uptown Charlotte’s development boom in perspective

It’s easy to see Charlotte’s center city is in the midst of a huge building boom, with cranes dotting the skyline. But a few numbers help show the scale of that boom and quantify its size.

“This is a unique cycle in the life of our city,” Charlotte Center City Partners CEO Michael Smith said Thursday at the group’s quarterly board meeting. “All our sectors of real estate are expanding concurrently.”

Over the decade between 2010 and 2020, here’s exactly how much new building Charlotte is on pace to see in center city (the group’s designation that includes uptown and South End):